Foldable 3-wheeled scooter shows a new direction in personal electric vehicles
With a purported 25-mile range and speeds of up to 22 mph from its 500W hub motor, plus a double wishbone suspension...
Corn monitoring robots help scientists study the effects of climate change on food crops
One of the major impacts of climate change in the coming years will be a shift in how and where we grow...
Google Street View cars turned into gas leak detectors
The systems of pipes that carry natural gas around many major cities of the U.S. were laid well over a century ago...
Harvard’s bionic leaf now makes fertilizer too
Just last summer, Harvard announced that the artificial leaf they've been working on for years was now 10 times more efficient than...
We finally know what happened to (most of) Mars' missing atmosphere
NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterWhen Mars had an atmosphere four billion years ago, it probably looked a lot like Earth—warm, wet, and habitable. Scientists...
Apple cuts prices on lower-end iPads, releases red iPhones
Apple is cutting prices on two iPad models and introducing red iPhones, but the company held back on updating its higher-end iPad Pro tablets....
Celebration, Florida may be destroyed in order to save it
Celebration, Florida is an example of what is called New Urbanism, modeled after older towns with compact downtowns, walkable streets designed for...
Another answer to the question: “Why do I feel chilly?”
Spring has sprung, but it is still pretty cool in much of North America and Europe, and people are still asking the...
Predicting our Future: A new podcast series looks at prefab
When the publicist for a new podcast, Predicting our Future, asked me to have a listen, I had some doubts. It’s all...
Modern Australian tent house seamlessly brings nature inside
Tents have been a form of portable housing since nomadic humans figured out how to build, assemble and disassemble them, carrying these...
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AI in Healthcare: Economists Suggest it Can Reduce U.S. Deficits
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the U.S. healthcare system and reduce the country's fiscal deficit, according to economists at the Brookings...
